Lisa Golightly Braden holds a B.A. in Studio Art from the University of the District of Columbia and has studied at the Corcoran College of Art+Design. Lisa has taught a variety of art classes and workshops at the Bender Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington, and she taught for several years at the Corcoran Gallery of Art’s Camp Creativity. Her work has been exhibited in galleries and non-profit art spaces in Washington, D.C., Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland, most recently, Asia in Maryland 2024 at Towson University’s Asian Arts Gallery and at The Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore. Her mixed-media document paintings were sold at the National Archives Museum Store. Her handmade, hand-painted paper and canvas wallets and picture purses have been sold at the museum store at the Baltimore Museum of Art, and at artist-run specialty stores. Lisa’s art has been published in the Brooklyn Review, Grub Street, Lunch Ticket, and other literary journals.